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Oscars: How the Hair and Makeup Team Behind ‘Kokuho’ Brought Kabuki Theater’s 400-Year-Old Aesthetics to Movie Screens
The Hollywood Reporter · Mar 5, 2026
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Feb 16‘Kokuho,’ Japan’s Highest-Grossing Live-Action Film, Sets U.K., Ireland ReleaseFeb 16 · Variety · Box officeBox officeJan 15Ken Watanabe and Lee Sang-il on ‘Kokuho,’ the Kabuki Gamble That Became Japan’s Top Live-Action Film and an Oscars Contender: ‘This Film Is About Pursuing Beauty’Jan 15 · Variety · AwardsAwardsJan 14Ken Watanabe Learned Kabuki to Star in ‘Kokuho,’ Japan’s Biggest Live-Action Hit EverJan 14 · IndieWire · CastingCastingJan 12‘Kokuho’ Director Sang-il Lee & Star Ken Watanabe On How Japan’s Oscar Entry Revived Moviegoing In The Country – Deadline Screening SeriesJan 12 · Deadline · AwardsAwards
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Dec 12Tom Cruise Hits Oscar Trail For Japan’s ‘Kokuho’; Ryan Coogler, Spike Lee, ‘One Battle’ Women Light Up Black Cinema & TV Awards – Notes On The SeasonDec 12 · Deadline · AwardsAwardsDec 11Japan’s Highest Grossing Local Live-Action Pic & International Oscar Entry ‘Kokuho’ Sets 2026 Release Via GkidsDec 11 · Deadline · Box officeBox officeNov 27‘Kokuho’ Becomes Japan’s Highest-Grossing Local Live-Action Movie Ever In Market; Kabuki Drama Is Country’s Oscar SubmissionNov 27 · Deadline · Box officeBox officeNov 26‘Kokuho’ Becomes Highest-Grossing Japanese Live-Action Film Locally With $111 MillionNov 26 · Variety · Box officeBox officeNov 13‘Kokuho’ Review: Japan’s Oscar Entry and Box Office Achiever Is an Absorbing Three Hours of Kabuki and Conflicted MasculinityNov 13 · IndieWire · ReviewsReviewsNov 3Audiences Get a Sneak Peek of Japanese Phenomenon ‘Kokuho’ at ‘THR Frontrunners’ ScreeningNov 3 · The Hollywood Reporter · AwardsAwardsNov 1‘Shogun,’ ‘Kokuho’ and ‘Renoir’ Producers Discuss Global Pathways for Japanese Talent at Tokyo Film FestivalNov 1 · Variety · ReleaseReleaseOct 29‘Kokuho’ Team on Bringing Kabuki Theater to a Younger Generation: ‘It’s a Movie About Art, Two Actors and the Life of Actors’Oct 29 · Variety · ReleaseReleaseOct 9‘Kokuho’: First Trailer For Japanese Box Office Sensation & GKids Oscar HopefulOct 9 · Deadline · Box officeBox officeOct 1Japan’s Oscar Entry ‘Kokuho’ Gets November U.S. Release Date From GkidsOct 1 · Deadline · AwardsAwardsSep 22‘Kokuho’ Review: A Hit in Its Home Country, Three-Hour Japanese Epic Illuminates the Highs and Lows of Kabuki TheaterSep 22 · Variety · ReviewsReviewsAug 28Japan Picks Lee Sang-il’s Hit Kabuki Drama ‘Kokuho’ as Oscar SubmissionAug 28 · Variety · AwardsAwardsMay 26‘Kokuho’ Star Ken Watanabe & Director Sang-il Lee On Adapting Kabuki Coming-Of-Age Story – Cannes StudioMay 26 · Deadline · AwardsAwardsMay 18Lee Sang-il, Stars Detail Grueling Kabuki Journey on Cannes, Shanghai Film ‘Kokuho’: ‘I Could Not Hear Anything Except My Own Heartbeats and Breath’May 18 · Variety · AwardsAwards